The Right Stuff In The Morning
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Good morning! In the news today: Failure to indict officer in Eric Garner case spurs mass protests in New York; DOJ conducting civil rights probe; race war?; the states are suing Obama over his immigration order, saying he acted illegally; the White House may take Boehner's deal to avert a shutdown, but conservatives aren't budging; and ISIS training camps in Libya.
Have a great day.
Keith
No indictment in Garner case; thousands protest . . . Protesters chanting, “No justice, no tree!” tried to storm Rockefeller Center Wednesday to disrupt the annual lighting ceremony following a grand jury’s decision to not indict an NYPD cop in the death of Eric Garner. “F–k the tree!” the mob bellowed as cops held them at bay along Sixth Avenue near Radio City Music Hall.
At about midnight, 1,000 protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge, with cops allowing them to move in the roadway but busting a half-dozen who sat down and would not move. In all, at least 83 arrests were made, police sources said. New York Post
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States sue administration over immigration edict . . . A coalition of 17 U.S. states sued the Obama administration on Wednesday saying it acted illegally by issuing an executive order to ease the threat of deportation for millions of immigrants who are in the country without the proper documents. Reuters
The states get out ahead of Congress.
As debt passes $18 trillion, WH claims victory . . . White House Press Secretary Earnest explained the federal deficit is now 2.8 percent of the economy, which he said demonstrated “significant, even historic progress” by the administration. The Blaze
This is like saying you cured a patient suffering terminal cancer of his cold.
Obama's close friend Whitaker a "hostile witness" . . . Longtime Obama friend and Chicago crony Eric Whitaker has been stonewalling an investigation into a Chicago corruption case and has now been labeled a “hostile witness” by prosecutors. White House Dossier
New Gruber video could be most damaging of all . . . I know, another Jonathan Gruber video. That’s so yesterday, like Ebola, you’re thinking. But this one may be worse than the derisive pomposity and shameless admissions of deception that marked Gruber’s previous performances. Because in the new video, Gruber provides stunning evidence favoring the side that is seeking to destroy Obamacare in a case headed to the Supreme Court. White House Dossier
DHS hiring spree to enforce immigration order . . . Department of Homeland Security officials wasted little time in ramping up for President Obama’s amnesty, posting 1,000 job openings the day after his announcement and announcing it already has space for hundreds of employees at a new location in Arlington, Virginia. Washington Times
White House decides to build a bigger fence . . . Now we’re making sense. The White House has settled on the most obvious solution to its security problem: Make it more difficult for people to jump over the barrier between the public and the president. White House Dossier
Obama, Hillary Clinton meet secretly . . . The Obama-Clinton meeting was not included on the president’s public schedule for Wednesday. Washington Examiner
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China fleet will outnumber U.S. by 2020 . . . A new report says that by 2020 China’s fleet is projected to be larger than America’s. The annual report asserts that within six years China will have 351 ships in its fleet and requests that Congress increase the U.S. Pacific fleet up to 67 ships. The U.S. Navy currently has 289 deployable battle force ships. Washington Times
ISIS training camps in Libya . . . The head of the U.S. Africa Command said Wednesday that the U.S. is very carefully watching what he described as “nascent” Islamic State training camps in Libya --- but downplayed the threat they posed. Fox News
The latest fallout from Obama's Arab Spring strategy of toppling dictators who were cooperating with the United States.
GOP, survivors fume over Benghazi report . . . A recent report by a GOP-led committee that was seen as going easy on the Obama administration's Benghazi response is drawing stinging complaints from a number of Republicans on the panel, as well as survivors of the attack. Fox News
Al Qaeda threatens to execute U.S. hostage . . . Al-Qaeda in Yemen released a video Thursday threatening to execute a US journalist taken hostage last year. In the video dated December 2014, the hostage said his name was Luke Somers, 33, and that he was kidnapped more than a year ago in Sanaa. AFP
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White House may take Boehner's deal . . . The White House isn’t ruling out the House Republicans’ government funding plan, removing a potential barrier to resolving a fight over funding the government before it runs out of money in eight days. Boehner wants a deal to keep most of the government going through September 2015 and the Department of Homeland Security for a shorter amount of time, a concession to appease conservatives. Politico
Conservatives stand firm against Boehner . . . Conservative Republicans on Wednesday resisted a plan to avert a budget fight over President Barack Obama's immigration order, raising the likelihood that the spending struggle in Congress could last right up to the Dec. 11 deadline for a government shutdown. Reuters
GOP to probe EPA paid leave scandal . . . Republican legislators, as they prepare for the incoming 114th Congress in January, are vowing to keep a wary eye on the Environmental Protection Agency and its practice of granting paid administrative leave to staffers involved in possible “serious misconduct,” lawmakers tell Fox News.
Four Republicans Hillary fears . . . Hillary Clinton allies are focusing on four potential Republican challengers for the White House: Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and Scott Walker. Clinton World believes Paul has run the best “pre-campaign” of the group. The Hill
Landrieu is about to get crushed in runoff . . . Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy is poised for a landslide victory over Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in a Saturday runoff election in Louisiana, according to a GOP poll shared with the Washington Examiner.
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Officer told grand jury he didn't mean harm . . . It was never supposed to be a chokehold, the officer testified. It was a wrestling move. Officer Daniel Pantaleo, 29, led the grand jury through the confrontation, narrating three different videos of the arrest that were taken by bystanders. New York Times
Obama: "We are not going to let up" . . . President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he and outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder are "not going to let up" in the effort to solve the problem of racial tensions that exists between law enforcement officers and minorities in communities nationwide. Holder announced a civil rights investigation, which has been underway for some time. CNN
Krauthammer: Decision "totally incomprehensible" . . . "It looks like they at least might have indicted him on something like involuntary manslaughter at the very least," said Charles Krauthammer. "The guy was unarmed, and the crime was petty as they come. He was selling loose cigarettes, which in and of itself is almost absurd that somebody has to die over that." Fox News
O'Reilly: No epidemic of cops killing blacks . . . “Do you know how many blacks were killed by police by gunfire last year?” Fox Host Bill O’Reilly asked. “The number is 123. Do you know how many whites were killed? 326. There are 43 million-plus black Americans — 123 were killed by police gunfire,” he continued. “There isn’t an epidemic of this. … But when it happens it’s extremely troubling.” The Blaze
CNN guest: Race war possible . . . If you continue to turn a blind eye to these homicides and then you will have what actually can become a race war on your hands. We've got to be very, very careful," said Your Black World's Boyce Watkins Breitbart
No proof for Dunham rape charge . . . Liberal actress and activist Lena Dunham says a Republican raped her at college. Only, there doesn't appear to be any proof to her story. "This man is by all accounts (including his own) innocent," according to Breitbart.
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